BATB score: 7.5/10 😨 for the 75% that I understood what Murakami was trying to say... so many uncanny characters and bewildered incidents leaving readers in an influx of ambiguous feelings; this Murakami is definitely a unique soul! Best to: Murakami's way of writing is "Murakami-ly" one of a kind; he writes in an odd flow of episodes where you restlessly continue to read hoping for some closure when there is none - and now you are left with a huge Murakami gap in your heart